Mandy Ann and Jed Smith in a Country Puzzled Romance
Old Dad Brown pursues Jed Smith as a meddling matchmaker. Jed woos Mandy Ann with a city dream of invention while Mr Gordon, an inventor, observes the couple and later invites Jed to the city. A dog, a whip, and a sudden inheritance shape Mandy Ann’s choices and a spring wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Old Dad Brown
Jed Smith
Ole den Smith
Mandy
Mr. Brown
Boxer
Old Dan
Ephraim Brown
Old Dad
Mr. Gordon
Mr. Randolph Gordon
Daniel Smith
Jed
Reuben Bates
Nat Bates
Mandy Ann
Northin
Mendy
Hens in the Kitchen and a Bridal Tale Twist
A bustling tale unfolds with Jed Smith marrying the daughter of Randolph Gordon the inventor amid talk of a $20,000 windfall from a kitchen puzzle and Nat Batex’s $3,000 fortune. Old Dad rues missed chances while Mandy Ann hides tears over a truth and a gate incident, set against a chorus of witty quips and home life vignettes.
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Mandy
Nat Batex
Nat
Jed Smith
Randolph Gordon
Jed
Old Dad
Martha Jane
Mandy Ann
Electrical Detective Brings Confession By Chair Signals
An article narrates how a courtroom investigator used a modified chair with carbon aural signals to log the defendant’s muscle pressure. The setup, plus a hidden line to a receiver, allowed officials to read movements and obtain a confession.
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Detroit Free Press
Chicago Tribune
Comforts of a Bang Sparks Quiet Mind Fashion Trend
A fashion anecdote extols early bangs as a cure for wretchedness and damp hair, praising a removable curly bang that suits yachts and seashore life. A neighbor’s child with typhoid fever jokes about hair loss, ending with a bald reveal. Also notes a legendary horse jump at Cairo’s edge.
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Chicago Tribune
Ex-Gor and sons among world’s largest peach growers
Ex-governor of Delaware and his two sons, with 25 to 30 peach farms, may ship about 275,000 baskets to market. The piece notes extensive orchard holdings and broader citrus and horticulture facts, including tree water loss and ivy moisture uptake, plus crop figures from New Zealand and Hungary and a new leather substitute called flexus fibra.
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Biggs
Delaware
Atlantic
Florida
Charleston News
New Zealand
Madeira Islands
West Indies
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Pearson’s Weekly
Woman Treasurers Rise in the U S Treasury History
The article recalls early women in the U S Treasury, noting Gen Spinner's hiring of women in 1863 led by Mims Jennie Douglans who cut notes, and later women like Mrs Leonard and Mrs Brown who became key counterfeit detectors and clerks. It highlights Mrs Brown’s thirty years of service and her meticulous work identifying mutilated currency, with other female staff handling payrolls and stamping. It also mentions Susan B. Anthony at a Chicago congress and a San Francisco woman sailor, Clara Brock, owner of the Caleb Curtis.
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Dicker
Equitable
Brooklyn Life
Inter Ocean
Inter Urban
Harry
Boston
Public Ledger
Arkansaw
Cape Cod
George Bond
Kate Field
Washington
Raymond
Farmer Hewbuck
Bill
Farmer Gee
Tribune
Scott
Johnny
Richard
Boston Globe
the Treasury
Coustarfell
United States Treasury
Igy
Gen
Spinner
Gov. Chass
Secretary of the Treasury
Mims
Jennie Douglnas
Treasury
Mra
W. A Leohard
E. G. Brown
Mra Leonard
Mia Brown
Brown
Vanderbilt
Newport
Elizabeth Stoner
Sum
Anthony Kim
al Bor
Chicago
Art Palace
Susan BE
Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
San Francisco
Clara Brock
Brock
Caleb Curtis
South Sea Islands
Curios
Glory
Mrs. Brock
South Seas
Woman admitted to Nevada bar amid praise for new milestone
A Virginian City graduate, Laura M. Utoss, passed a difficult exam and was praised by the Nevada Supreme Court, becoming one of the first women admitted to the state's bar. The article notes the historic nature of the achievement and the judge's compliments.
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College
Lege
Texas
Mra
Richard
Asttle
Crom
Mires
Laura M. Utoss
Virginie City
Nevada
Supreme Court
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Crater Tavsbel
Courta Dave
Seale
Toney
Riggin
Ann
Dai
Josh Cole
Maedy Ann
Shields
Dougie
Chicago Record
Jack
Alice
Harvard Lampoon
Freddie
Charlie
N. Y. Ledger
Ladies’ Home Journal
Paris
Harper's Bazar
Post
St. Louis Republic
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
Steve You
George
Kagh-Ap
Amin Bey
Citadel
Cairo
Col
T. A. Dodge
U. A
Harper's Magazine
Science and Industry
Harold
Harper
the Woman's Column
Freeman Palmer
Tom
Healy
Bealy
Harper’s Bazar
Demet
England
Raoking Ag
Soma
Browning
Pliabis
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